Road-cart



J. w. COOMBE.

Ro'AD GART. i

No. 405,081. Patentedcrune 11, 1889.

' N. PETERS. PhaibI-Nlgmphnr. Washinghn. I) C.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN VV. OOOMBE, OF STURGEON, MISSOURI.

-ROAD-CART.V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,081, dated June 11, 1889.` Application filed February 16, 1889. Serial No. 300.111. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. COOMBE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sturgeon, in the county of Boone and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Road-Carts, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements on road-carts; and it consists in a certain novel construction and combination of devices, fully describeduhereinafter inconnection with the drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a road-Cart embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the front connection.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates an arched axle, to which near its extremities are attached the rear ends of the thills B B by the clip-bolts b b, and C O desig- 'nate inclined brace-rods which extend from the under side of the axle to an intermediate point of the thills. The front ends of these brace-rods are secured in place by the Vertical bolts o o, which also att'aeh the ends of the crosszbar D to the upper side of the thills, and a curved brace E is attached at its central point to the center of the said cross-bar, and is attached at its ends to the thills in front of the cross-bar.

A U -shaped bolt F has its arms passed through registering perforations in the adjacent portions of the cross-bar and curved brace, and engaged at their free ends (in front of the said curvedbrace) by the clampingnuts f, and a Vertical king-bolt G is passed through an aperture in the cross-bar between the arms of the U-shaped bolt and forms the pivot of the whiffietree H, which is arranged under the cross-bar.

A hook-plate I, having a hook o' on its rear edge, is engaged by the upper end of the kingbolt, and a brace-rod K, which is engaged at its ends in apertures in the thills in rear of the cross-bar, is looped at its center over the said hook, thereby tending to resist the forward strain on the center ofthe cross-bar, which is caused by' the draft of thehorse. The combination of this brace-rod and the side bars or straps.

lcurved brace which is arranged in front of the cross-bar prevents all straining and displacement of the latter, and at the same time braces and supports the thills and maintains them in the proper relative position.

L represents a transverse round'shaft, which is bolted or otherwise firmly secured at its ends to the under sides of the thills in rear of the cross-bar, and on the extremities of this shaft, ad j acent on the inner sides of the thills,l

are coiled the Springs M M, which have their outer ends extended to form the retainingarms m m, these arms being attached rigidly to thethills in front of the shaft.v The arms m m are preferably provided with eyes m' m', which 'are engaged by the lower ends of the bolts c c,-Which secure the cross-bar to the thills.

N represents the seat-frame or the body of the vehicle, which consists, essentially, of the front bar O, which is connected to the crossbar of the thills, the substantially U-shaped side bars or straps vP P, which' are attached at their front ends to the ends of the front bar and pass under the transverse shaft, and the seat which is to the rear ends of the' said Slats p p are attached to the lower portions p' p' of the side bars or straps to form a foot-rest for the occupant of the vehicle.

A block Q is swiveled on the rear exposed portion of the U-shaped bolt F, and the front bar of the body or seat-frame is providedat its center with the forwardly-proj ectingparallel ears R R, which bear, respeotively, against the upper and lower side of the block, and are pivoted thereto by the Vertical bolt whereby the body or seat-frame is capable of both Vertical and lateral movement.

' The inner ends of the coiled Springs M -M are extended rearwardly to form the supporting-arms S S, which are provided at their extremities with depending links T T, having hooks t t on their lower ends, and the horizontal portions of the side bars or straps P P are provided with rings, eyes, or loops V V to be engaged by the hooks on these links, Whereby the body or seat-frame is supported. Aseries of these rings, eyes, or loops are provided, whereby the seat may be elevated or lowered to suit the rider, it being` evident that if the IOO rings, eyes, or loops at the rear ends of the series are engaged the seat Will be held higher than if those at the front end of the series are engaged.

It will be evident from the above description that the seat is supported by the coiled springs, which yield as the vehicle passes over uneven ground, thereby preventin g the jar of the vehicle from annoying the rider, and the connection of the body or seat-frame to the cross-bar prevents the horse-motion from bein g communicated thereto. i

This invention is an improvement upon that shown and described in Letters Patent No. 388,835, granted to me September 4, 1888, the improvements consisting, essentially, in the manner of suspending the body or seat from the thills, whereby the former may be vertically adjusted without the use of the lever and toothed sector described i'n the said Letters Patent. The adjusting'deviee herein described is simple and inexpensive, and at the same time effective and durable, and it is so arranged as to obviate the necessity of the usual side bars which are described in the patent.

The construction and combination of the thi1ls,cross-bar, and curved brace, and the peculiar manner of swiveling the front bar of the body or seat-frame to the cross-bar, are old, as shown in the previous patent, and therefore are not claimed herein,

I-Iaving' thns described the invention, l claim-- 1. In a road-cart, the combination of the body or seat-frame swiveled for lateral movement at its front end to the thills, the Springs attached to the thills and provided with supporting-arms extending over the side bars of the body or seat-frame, and the loose links connected at their upper ends to the supporting-arms and at their lower ends to the said side bars or straps,substantially as specified.

2. In a road-cart, the combination of the body or seat-frame swiveled at its front end to the cross-bar, the transverse shaft attached at its ends to the thills and extending over the body or seat-frame, the springs coiled on the said shaft and provided with' supportingarms which extend over the body or seatframe, andthe links connecting the free ends of the supporting-arms to the body or seatframe, substantially as specified.

3. In a road-cart, the combination of the body or seat-frame provided with a front bar which is connected to the cross-bar to the thills, the transverse shaft arranged between the thills, the Springs coiled on the said shaft and provided with supportin g-arms, the series of rings, eyes, or loops on the body or seatframe beneath the supporting-arms, and the links depending from the extremities of the supporting-arms and provided at their lower ends with hooks to engage the said rings, eyes, or loops, substantially as specified.

4. In a road-cart, the combination, with the thills having a cross-bar C, of the transverse shaft connected to the thills in rear of the cross-bar, the body or seat-frame having lthe front bar O swiveled at its center to the crossbar, the U -shaped side bars or straps P, which depend from the extremities of the front bar, pass under the said shaft, and are connected at their rear ends by the seat, the Springs coiled 011 the extremities of the said shaft, attached rigidly at their outer ends to the thills, and provided With the rearwardly-extending supporting-arms S S, the rings, eyes, or loops V V, arranged in series on the side bars or straps under the free ends of the supportin g-arms, and the hooks eonnecting links T T, depending from the extremities of the supporting-arms and engaging the said rings, eyes, or loops, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a road-Cart, the thills, the cross-bar connecting` the thills, the curved brace E, connected at its ends to the thills and arranged at its center in contact With the center of the cross-bar, the U-shaped bolt eonnecting the Centers of the cross-bar and the curved brace, the book-plate affixed to the upper side of the cross-bar at its center and provided with a hook and the brace-rods attached at its ends to the thills in rear of the cross-bar and looped at its center over the hook i, in combination with the body or seat-frame connected to the cross-bar, substantially as and for the purpose specified. w

In testimony that I claim the foreg'oing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

, JOHN NV. COOMBE.

fitnessesz C. H. PRATHER, CHAs. VVINE.

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